Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Footnote: The Medal for the

Footnote: The Medal for the Italian Independence Wars and Unification was instituted on March 4

the obverse centre bears a war decoration of gilded bronze and multi-coloured enamel

The 1909 race commenced on October 3rd in Zurich

The Oak Leaf Cluster on his Purple Heart is indicative of a second wound

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Footnote: The Medal for the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 20 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams,